The 2019 International 3D Printing and Design Competition (2019 I3DC), the successor and upgrade of the National 3D Printing and Design Competition, is co-organized by University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR), National Innovation Institute of Additive Manufacturing (China), Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers (France), and HESAM Université (France).  In 2019, the competition’s Division II-University Students is open to international participants for the first time.  We received in total over 150 entries from over 300 participants, among which 18 entries are from international participants, including France, Germany, Japan and Korea.  We are encouraged by the quality of the work submitted in this year’s competition and we take great pride in presenting nine international finalists carefully selected by our judges (ranked in no particular order) –

1.   Team Name: Tohoku Beef Tongue

      Competition Entry Name: Personal Multi-Function Disaster Mitigation Device

University: Tohoku University

Country: Japan

2.   Team Name: Inha One

Competition Entry Name: Light-Weighted Tire Wheel

University: Inha University

Country: South Korea

3.  Team Name: Robovision France

Competition Entry Name: Robovision

University: Emlyon Business School

Country: France

4.   Team Name: Green Pot

Competition Entry Name: Green Pot

University: Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers

Country: France

5.  Team Name: 3D-Infinity

Competition Entry Name: DFAM: Space Support Structure

University: UTBM

Country: France

6.  Team Name: Dislocated

Competition Entry Name: Robot Shoulder

University: UTBM

Country: France

7.   Team Name: PHR

Competition Entry Name: Redesign of and Oil Bloc for Additive Manufacturing

University: UTBM

Country: France

8.   Team Name: UTBM Dynamics

Competition Entry Name: 3D of Hydraulic Robot Shoulder

University: UTBM

Country: France

9.   Team Name: Aixway3D

Competition Entry Name: The LBM-Biro

University: Rwth Aachen University

Country: Germany

The 2019 I3DC Final Competition will be held from September 19th - 21st, 2019 in Xi’an, China. We truly look forward to seeing all the finalists at the final competition.

Final Competition Rules and Guidance-Division II.pdf